Scattering by magnetic fields

Details Scattering by magnetic fields Scattering by magnetic fields

2005-01-31

arxiv.org/abs/math/0501544v1

Mathematics

Spectral Theory

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Consider the scattering amplitude $s(\omega,\omega^\prime;\lambda)$, $\omega,\omega^\prime\in{\Bbb S}^{d-1}$, $\lambda > 0$, corresponding to an arbitrary short-range magnetic field $B(x)$, $x\in{\Bbb R}^d$. This is a smooth function of $\omega$ and $\omega^\prime$ away from the diagonal $\omega=\omega^\prime$ but it may be singular on the diagonal. If $d=2$, then the singular part of the scattering amplitude (for example, in the transversal gauge) is a linear combination of the Dirac function and of a singular denominator. Such structure is typical for long-range scattering. We refer to this phenomenon as to the long-range Aharonov-Bohm effect. On the contrary, for $d=3$ scattering is essentially of short-range nature although, for example, the magnetic potential $A^{(tr)}(x)$ such that ${\rm curl} A^{(tr)}(x)=B(x)$ and $=0$ decays at infinity as $|x|^{-1}$ only. To be more precise, we show that, up to the diagonal Dirac function (times an explicit function of $\omega$), the scattering amplitude has only a weak singularity in the forward direction $\omega = \omega^\prime$. Our approach relies on a construction in the dimension $d=3$ of a short-range magnetic potential $A (x)$ corresponding to a given short-range magnetic field $B(x)$.

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